Andy, I don't know if my version of the problem is exactly the same as yours, but here goes. I was using the "Starred First" view in the Inbox, and was noticing the same problem that you mentioned in the Starred section: brand-new, unread replies to older starred messages were showing up *below* other messages that I had already read.
After some head-scratching, and after visiting this thread, I figured out the problem: the Starred view sorts conversations based strictly on the date of the latest *starred* message in any given conversation. But unlike the Important mark, the star doesn't get automatically applied to subsequent replies in the conversation; and so the conversation gets "frozen" in place unless you deliberately go find the new message and star it yourself, in which case it'll bump back up to the top. As far as I can tell, the only way to fix this problem is to switch to Priority (or Important, or Unread) view. If you weren't using Starred First view, then obviously none of this applies to you. Best, - Francis On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:00:29 AM UTC-4, AndyHancock wrote: > > Currently, my Inbox threads seem to be sorted by the date of the first > message in each thread. I want the threads to be sorted by the date > of the last message in each thread, so that the threads with most > recent activities show up at the top. Is there a way to get gmail to > do this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
